get_clipboard

What get_clipboard does on Iconnect

AI agents call get_clipboard to retrieve information from Iconnect without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why get_clipboard is rated Low

This is a Read operation—it retrieves clipboard content without side effects. However, severity is high because the clipboard often contains sensitive information (passwords, API keys, personal data, financial details, etc.). An AI agent with clipboard access could exfiltrate this data. Despite the benign operation type, the sensitivity of clipboard contents elevates risk.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_clipboard' and description 'Read the current text content of the system clipboard' explicitly indicate retrieval of clipboard data with no modifications.

The rule that runs get_clipboard safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Iconnect, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_clipboard, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get_clipboard": {}
  }
}

Questions about get_clipboard